Malaria is a parasitic disease that is transmitted by the female Anopheles mosquito. It occurs most often in tropical and subtropical areas, where the Anopheles mosquitoes thrive. 300-500 million cases of malaria are reported each year, and two million result in death. There are four kinds of malaria, the most common being Plasmodium Falciparum. The most common symptoms are recurring fever, chills, severe anemia, headaches, nausea, vomiting, convulsions, and delirium. Although malaria is notorious for having drug-resistant strains, there are several different prescription drugs that can be used to treat it. Also, using such protection as a net over your bed at night helps to prevent being bitten. Some countries cannot even afford prevention, let alone treatment, so malaria is still a big concern in some of the third-world countries. Once before, the World Health Organization (WHO) tried to fund eradication efforts for those who could not buy medicine to treat malaria. In the course of that, though, the WHO lost so much money they could no longer afford to fund the project. Recently, a new foundation called Roll Back Malaria has been started. The WHO, UNDP, UNICEF, and the World Bank all participate in funding it, and their hope is to work with governments and private companies to reduce the human and socio-economic costs of malaria.

3Where can I get Malaria???

In 1947, the U.S. started a project to rid the country of Malaria. The insides of houses were sprayed with mosquito repellent, and within five years the number of Malaria cases in the U.S. severely declined.

Most countries, however, cannot afford to do this, so many people still are afflicted with the disease every year.

Malaria occurs most often in Central and South America, sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, around the Indian peninsula, Southeast Asia, Oceania, and any other place with a tropical climate and Anopheles mosquitoes.

If you are traveling to these places, your doctor can prescribe prescriptions for you that will prevent you from the disease. Also, using an insect repellent with DEET and sleeping under a bed net reduce the chances of being bitten.

4How can I get Malaria???

First, a female Anopheles mosquito bites a person infected with Malaria. The Malaria parasite lives in the bloodstream, and when the mosquito sucks up blood it gets several parasites too.

The parasites grow in the mosquito for about a week.

Once they are matured, they enter another persons bloodstream at the mosquitos next meal. They immediately go to the liver, where they will multiply for another week or two.

Once they are all grown, they travel out into the bloodstream and invade red blood cells. They multiply even more inside the cells, until they burst. (If enough cells rupture, this will cause anemia inside the host.)

When another mosquito comes along and sucks up blood, it will get blood and the parasites that live in it. Then the cycle starts all over again. (This is how entire villages can come down with the same disease.)

5How can I prevent/treat Malaria?

To prevent Malaria, you can use DEET based insect repellent, bed nets at night, citronella candles, and anything else to keep away mosquitoes.

To treat Malaria, there are many different ways that depend on many different variables. Doctors decide what treatment is best according to age, the severity of the case, the kind of malaria, etc.

Quinine, the first treatment, is affordable for third-world countries, but it has many side effects. Ever since the 1940s, prescription drugs have been made, but the malaria parasite keeps finding ways to outsmart the drugs. Scientists keep working to find a cure, but it will take a lot of work to find a prescription that the parasite wont become resistant to.

Sometimes, chemotherapy is used to rid the host of malaria parasites.

The best way to prevent it, though, is to take medications from your doctor before traveling to an at-risk country.

6Sources

www.cdc.com

www.nature.com

www.malaria-ipca.com

encarta.msn.com

www.malaria.freewire

www.medilinks.org

www.rbm.who.int

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